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ANTOINE FINDS HIMSELF SITTING ON THE PASSENGER SEAT OF PETE'S CAR, listening to a very happy and folky song he had never heard before. It said something about papers towns, daisy crowns. For some reason it reminds him of Marie, but he brushes it off.

It's been a few days since his breakdown and she has been nothing but supportive, always calling to check on him and trying to know if he is okay, for which he was grateful, but he still feels a little bit overwhelmed. Christmas and New Year's eve went by so fast he didn't had the time to sit and think about how he felt of her knowing his secret. And honestly, he doesn't want to do so. He won't let his demons think much of it, he is trying to take control and learn how to no over think things.

So that's the reason he is trying to not think much of the brunette that's sitting on the back of the car laughing with Laura and Sarah, much to his and Keith's annoyance, who had Laura sitting on his lap. Pete is driving and signing along the folk song and Antoine looks at him amused, he didn't knew Pete was into that type of music. He always seemed more of the EDM type.

They are currently on their way to a beach that's located an hour away from their home town. Antoine was not fond of the idea as he was returning to Madrid in two days and what he wanted most in the world right now was to sleep and hide from the responsibility of adulthood but Sarah said all of them had to go or they would be banned from the wedding. Antoine considered it for a second but decided against it.

His anxiety wont stop him from living his life, Antoine decided. It won't be pretty and it won't be easy, but if Antoine was anything was a fighter. And the first step was to be with friends.

He was deep in his thoughts when he realized they had arrived to the beach and Pete was pulling into the parking lot. The girls started giggling and making noise, happy to spend the day at the beach, Keith exhaled a deep breath and muttered a small "finally" while he glared at the girls and their antics, clearly annoyed. Pete laughed and Antoine had a small smile on his lips.

Marie smiled at him when they looked eyes once he turned his head to see the people on the backseat. And in that moment, Antoine thought Marie was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She was wearing a sunflower patterned dress and her hair was up in a messy bun. Hazel eyes shining with joy and mischief.

"Are we going to stay in the car the whole day or what?" Marie asked out loud, trying to hide her embarrassment when she realized she had been lost on Antoine's stare for so long that no one of her friends had moved.

"I will, when this two potato lovers moves" Sarah sassed while she nudged Keith with her elbow, as she was sitting in the middle of the couple making Pete and Marie laugh.

Antoine was walking to the beach with three chairs in his arms and a bag of potato chips on his mouth when he saw a blur of brown and blond hair running towards the water. He had to stop for a moment when he saw Marie, Laura and Sarah screaming happily in the water. Marie was smiling so big and even from that far away he could see the joy in her eyes.

"When you are going to realize that you both are in love with each other?" Asked Keith behind him. Antoine dropped the chairs and the bag of chips to the ground and turned around to see Keith and Pete who was nodding rapidly.

"I realized a few years ago. I just lied to myself that all I could want from her was friendship. Then the oc-...it-...things... happened and I just wanted to protect her so friendship is all I can offer her," Antoine confessed to his friends that had sympathy looks on their faces.

"Sometimes you have to be a bit selfish dude, by doing what you think is right and good for you two, you are hurting the both of you. Whatever it is that you are going through can't be worth a heartbreak, and not to alarm you but she might not be there waiting forever you know," Pete says while Keith and Antoine look at him wide eyed. "What? I can give love advice every now and then."